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Media Alert: Committee on Health to Receive Briefing From Department of Health on 2025/26 Annual Report

Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The Portfolio Committee on Health will tomorrow receive a briefing from the Minister ...
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Media Statement: Mineral Resources Committee Concerned Over CGS Audit Regression, Commends Mintek, SDT and SADPMR for Clean Audits

Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has expressed concern over ...
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Media Statement: Futurepharma Strengthens South Africa’s Capacity to Develop and Manufacture Essential Medicines

The launch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) FuturePHARMA facility in Pretoria strengthens South ...
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Media Alert: Finance Committee to Be Briefed on Municipalities’ Failure to Pay Pension Contributions

Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The Standing Committee on Finance will tomorrow, Friday, 9 October 2026, be briefed by ...
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Media Statement: Cogta Committee Presses Department on Impact of Support to Struggling Municipalities

Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on Thursday pressed the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG) on the impact of ...
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Media Statement: SA Delegation Calls for Binding International Rules to Govern Military Use of AI

For an audio clip of South Africa delegate to the 153rd IPU Assembly, Ms Doris Mpapane, on Maritime Safety please click: Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The South African delegation to the ...
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Media Statement: Committee Raises Concern Over Waste-Management Failures and Gaps in Climate Monitoring

The Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment on Wednesday expressed concern about waste-management failures and gaps in climate monitoring. The committee warned that weak ...
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Media Statement: Standing Committee on Appropriations Adopts Report on R10 Billion Fuel Price Relief

Parliament, Thursday, 8 October 2026 – The Standing Committee on Appropriations has adopted its report on the Second Special Appropriation Bill, which proposes the withdrawal of R10 billion from the ...
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Media Statement: Committee Raises Concerns Over DTIC Performance, Audit Findings and Economic Impact

The DTIC and its entities play an important role in advancing economic growth, industrial development, job creation and ...
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Media Statement: Trade and Industry Committee Engages on the Sale of Strategic Assets and Economic Transformation

Yesterday, the Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition was briefed by the auction industry and regulatory ...
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Media Statement: Justice Committee Hears How High Employment Costs Eat Into Budgets

The committee heard that the SAHRC achieved an overall performance of 82% for the 2025/26 financial year compared to 85% in ...
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Media Statement: Correctional Services Committee Calls for Stronger Financial Controls and Accountability at Jics

The committee yesterday also received a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the Budgetary Review and ...